Stories from the Center of the World (w/ Jordan Elgrably) | The Chris Hedges Report

[@jdotsalter910]

Chris Hedges is a goddamn national treasure for bringing us this.

[@Gazaforus]

I am a Palestinian living in USA for the past 10 years , I still want to back to live in Palestine and encourage my children to return back even if we will be under danger or settler colonial Israel constant wars and ethnical cleansing The Middle East is so unique and so beautiful!! I think life in there is much more blessed in many ways , and it’s less fear of crimes, of being kicked out of your work and then living in the streets , we have families that will stood by us and we have the fundamental social networks that will keep us healthy of mental diseases and Isolation suffering which I suffer from here in America I do write and I want to write a book called “ the Fobia of the bridge ” فوبيا الجسر which tells the stories of Palestinians suffering to travel via the bridge with Jordan over the past 76 years and how it was used as a tool to abuse and humiliate Palestinians by both the Israelis and the Jordanians

[@alexb9597]

Yes my brother, please write this book 🙏🏻

[@StevenE.Michaud]

Another incomparable journey for me with Chris Hedges guiding the way. Thank you, Chris.

[@MaryNokleby]

Thank you.......I recently read Palestine in a World on Fire.......a series of conversations between Ilan Pappe and a raft of thinkers.....and I got at least three gems I've been using since .Elias Khoury, a Lebanese writer and play rite gave me this: "No one has a single identity. Having one identity means you're a fascist! We have multiple levels of identity, and this is richness not poorness". I realized I've subscribed to that truth for most of my life, but had no very clear way of saying it. I used to say I was a multiple....but now I realize, I'm simply fully human. I look forward to reading this book and further enjoying my growth into a knowledge of other parts of this planet, other tragedies our jingoism continues to finance...........and just perhaps other ways of being on this planet. I particularly liked the assertion that no one wants to leave their homeland. I think that's true. America has forced regime change and civil wars all over the planet....and then raises her racist fist at the refugees who wash up on her shores. Shame on America....and thank you Chris Hedges for giving me one more human path to follow.

[@JillianEmerson-me8cx]

City Lights books has always been a visionary publisher. Thank you for bringing this author to light.

[@marikadelamaria7265]

Thank you for your work.

[@abdulghani8269]

Greeting From Germany Thank you for PEACE work .FREE PALESTINE.

[@cheri238]

Another author I have not heard of, I thank you both for this discussion and for giving me the opportunity to buy another book of merit. Congratulations, Jordan Elgrably. With much appreciation and respect to Chris Hedges and Jordan Elgrably.

[@christinewillis7545]

I salute those people who have been forced from their homelands, who then face the despite and malice of their adopted homes. Thank you Chris and Jordan - for bringing their plight into the public arena. Immigrations legal or illegal highlight the cruelty, the unknown future and the incredible challenges they face. Thank you for helping me understand some of these issues - immigration was something I judged as not my problem. Internet has taught me a lot about myself and my neighbor - you Chris challenge my conscience. Peace.

[@nawal66]

Loved this interview, thanks Chris.

[@972vein]

Chris, I can not thank you enough for this interview. Brilliant listen. I look forward to getting this book. Have much respect for all you do. Thank you, from Australia.

[@badbrains4168]

Thanks, Chris Hedges.

[@CarminaLopez-ic1ed]

Thank you Chris for this beautiful interview. Can't wait to read the book. Thank you Jordan Eigraby. Moving and so important Greetings from Cartagena de Indias, Colombia

[@NV_Out-of-Place]

Wonderful interview- thank you so much for sharing this conversation. I am looking forward to reading the book.

[@katyharries2526]

Thank you I enjoyed this interview from Durban, South Africa.

[@awrupi.6272]

What an amazing discussion! Now I must get that book. Regarding West Asia, and Palestine in specific, and the idea of Exile, one of the first straight encounter with the theme was a collection of short stories, “Men In the Sun”, by Ghassan Kanafani-activist, journalist, writer, and part of the PLFP of the George Habash fame-follows three exiled Palestinians, an excruciating gut wrenching eye opener to what exiles do. There are many kinds of exiles-and I come from a family of exiles, aka refugees, thanks to the British Empire in India-and each exile comes with its profound pain and displacement, a strange internal displacement that never seems to go away or to realign even over generations. Thanks, Chris and Jordan Elgrably!

[@CholaConCello]

Great work by Elgrably. I attended events at the Levantine Cultural Center in LA. Too bad one day he said on social media that his child was acting like ‘a Mexican jumping bean’. Blew my mind that someone so sensitive to his own culture could reference a racist trope about Mexicans. I stand with Palestine/Lebanon. ♥️🇵🇸♥️🇱🇧♥️

[@jordanelgrably4625]

I said that because my son is Mexican as well as Moroccan (not to put too fine a point on it). It was mean to be funny; if you knew him you'd laugh.

[@janrandles8683]

Thank you both for this interview and introducing me to this book. Anxious to get a copy.

[@KC-lc8dx]

Thank god, something interesting to watch - was my first thought when I see a new CH video

[@mmhuq3]

Thank you

[@JG1995WPG]

Amazing story thank you

[@ralphkhelil3399]

Congratulations on your book & best wishes for your continued success 🙏🌹🥰

[@conchitaharper4723]

Love this interview. Thanks

[@khalidalali186]

Great interview, thanks.

[@brendailiana105]

So enjoyable conversation. ❤

[@pamamime1]

"I learned the entire language, then disassembled it, in order to compose a single word: Homeland." - Mahmoud Darwish.

[@zijadzikedzehovic6206]

Khalil Ghibran, my favourite poet!

[@justbe1451]

Thank you Chris. ❤

[@cartermckenzie2535]

Thank you so much. I am sharing this interview and will be reading Jordan Elgrably's book.

[@Durga-ct2eb]

Thank you gentlemen-I will be reading the book!

[@carenkurdjinian5413]

Thank You Very Very Much ….Interesting Topic ……🌞

[@mostafaelsarawy2562]

Mr Hedges, I really love and respect you. The story about Egypt is far more complicated andcombined than what you think. I mean that with a small emotional mistake we may loose our country completely. I wish that I could have time to explain.

[@kylecollins7079]

Great video as alwats Chris. So glad i found your channel.

[@Acode7940]

Maybe consider suggesting to Mr. Elgrably that the book should be put out also as an audiobook, if possible for those of us who cannot read any more but who are not yet brain dead from the deadly effects of Western imperialism. Maybe not enough customers, but I am just suggesting as it is not now available in that form.

[@runenorheim1125]

Added to wishlist 🙏🏼

[@domingodeanda6113]

Muchas gracias, me encanto.

[@pratini1]

Hey Chris, thank you so much for everything. I’ve just finished two books (Great War for Civilization and Night of Power) by Robert Fisk because of you. I am now starting to read Scott Horton’s books and he just published one on Ukraine that I also want to get my hands on. Would you consider bringing him on your show? Lots of love to you and your team. :)

[@tomlucas1848]

Thank you.

[@ActiveTravelWestUSA]

Bravo!

[@carenkurdjinian5413]

It Is Beautiful…….🌞

[@cabistegooner5692]

شكرا لك كريس...نحن تأكدنا أن الغرب لا يستطيع العيش الا في ظل اختلاق عدو موهوم يجيّش الشارع و يحرّك العواطف القومية و الدينية و يسقي بدون انقطاع شجرة التفوق العرقي و الثقافي و الحضاري الغربي. تلك الشجرة لو تم التغافل عن ريّها لجيل واحد لانقطعت كل أسباب عدائية الاخر في المجتمعات الغربية و لانتهت كل الذرائع التي تشرّع العبث ببني البشر أجمعين في كل مكان بالعالم. الغرب لا يؤمن الا بالقوة...كل مظاهر حياتهم قوة و كل مصطلحاتهم العلمية و التقنية و الأكاديمية تستند على مجرد القوة (قوة نارية - قوة ناعمة - قوة اقتصادية - قوة المصلحة - القوة الواقعية...) و حسب وجهة نظر النخب الحاكمة في الغرب فان نصوير الواقع على حقيقته لن ينشر سوى المحبة و التعايش المشترك و السلام و المنفعة المتبادلة و هي جميعا من مظاهر الضعف و العجز عن الريادة حسب رأيهم. لا ترحم اضرب و سيحبونك ثم اضرب و سيحبونك أكثر مستندين في أطروحاتهم الى اليابان و ألمانيا كأمثلة معاصرة كأنها تنطبق على جميع البشر أو كأنها نجحت مثلا في العراق أو أفغانستان. الغرب اختارنا كعدوّ كما اختار اليهود قبلنا و كما اختارت روما قرطاج ثم القوط و الجرمان نهاية بكل متساكني العالم القديم التي سمتهم بالتسلسل جميعا برابرة...و نحن في ظل هذا الواقع خاصة مع انتهاء العداوات الغربية الداخلية مجبرون على مواكبة هذه الحرب العالمية علينا من قبل الغرب مجتمعا بدوله التي نتوقع منها الظلم كفرنسا و بريطانيا و أمريكا و حتى دول أخرى لم نتوقع يوما أن تعادينا هذا العداء المجاني و الأمثلة في ذلك كثيرة ( ألمانيا - المجر - بولندا - التشيك - سلوفاكيا ...) المهم أننا نعد الغرب بأنهم لن يروا منا محبة للسادية و لا مازوخية كما لن يروا بعد انتهاءهم منا أي لعب لدور الضحية أو سمفونية مظلومية أو طلب تعويضات أو اعادة اعتبار فذاكرة شعوبنا و ارث منطقتنا لا يسمح لنا بممارسة مثل هذه الممارسات التي لا تصدر عن أمم صدّرت الحضارات الأولى للعالم و علّمته الكتابة التي بدأ بها التاريخ ثم علمته الأبجدية و نقلت اليه العمران و الفنون و العلوم و كل ما تعرفون و انه لنضال نحن فيه منتصرون و الى النهضة سائرون مهما طال الزمن و انتصارنا يكون أولا بازالة حق النقض الفيتو المزروع كخنجر في منطقتنا ضد كل مشروع تحرري و تنموي و سيادي. شكرا مجددا كريس نحبك كثيرا و تحية للاخ المحترم جوردون.

[@Marius_vanderLubbe]

Excellent and even better that he rides a Triumph.

[@ReginaannD]

We have that same decay and decline in saskatchewan

[@menudobucket9837]

What constitutes true martyrdom seems to be defined differently in different parts of the world. Personally, I’ve always had difficulty with the inclusion of suicide.

[@cidacosta6182]

This is what capitalism has done to the world: young people having to leave their homelands to cater for the 'rich' in so called 'developed' countries, working very long hours, the only way of dreaming of acquiring a house and sending money back to their country to fend for their families.

[@Sana0567]

Middle East is from the point of Western world. We call it “ West Asia”.

[@cowsandpigsmaketheearthwar1471]

Thank you Chris You are one of my greatest teachers Life Situations GHOSTS OF THE RUBBLE PaulTeich©️11/29/2024 I live in a small place Full of people We try to have as many children as we can Our family is love And that is what we want to share My castle May be a hovel to you But when you live in an open air prison That has been under siege for more than 100 years You are happy to go to the store in the morning And get chickpeas to make falafel And feed it to your family We make a lot of soup because soup goes farther when you’re feeding many mouths. We sit and eat falafel We talk of our dreams We practice languages We read We learn We hug We kiss We pray We pray We pray We have had peaceful protests They went unanswered We have had violent protests They were answered with unimaginable violence There is no empathy for Palestine, which is now called Israel There is no empathy for Gaza, which once upon a time was a small part of Palestine We sit in our small apartment 18 of us eating falafel We just made it From fresh and ingredients Some of us sit outside This part of our family doesn’t fit in the living room room We hear a whistle that sounds like metal bending The world shakes and screams And we shake and scream As the ceiling falls on our heads Once upon a time long long ago in this very place, there was no empathy for Palestine Today in this very same place of occupation and apartheid and colonial settlement there is no empathy for Gaza How many other lands will not be loved How many other places with resources that he wants will be obliterated and resettled The ceiling falls on our heads It happens in an instant Beams and floors and ceilings weighing hundreds and thousands of pounds now lay on top of us Will we get to eat our falafel? All we can do is scream From underneath the rubble All we can do is bleed From underneath our skin All we can do is pray From underneath our oppressors After we die, will this be our subjugator’s new real estate All we can do a scream From underneath the rubble We can hear people screaming to us We can hear people trying to pull the rubble off of us There is a glimpse of light coming through a crack in the rubble that lays on top of us Every time I take a breath I take a shallower breath The air tastes terrible The dust burns my eyes and lungs We stop screaming We stopped crying We stopped calling to our rescuers We stopped calling to each other We can no longer breathe deeply enough to-utter a sound We will surely die Under the rubble Of our castle and beautiful home You might find it ugly You might find it small You might find it ill-equipped But it was our home It was our castle Filled with love 18 people who never got to eat their falafel that day Some were in the living room Some were just outside the door sitting on what you might call a porch It was our castle It was our home It was all we had When you look at the list of the dead You will find that a whole family was killed here today Mother, father, brother, sister, daughter, son, aunt uncle grandmother, grandfather Most people have never heard of anything like this in their lives And the perpetrators cheer 18 members of a family bombed, killed and crushed by the rubble, one painful shorter breath at a time until we could not scream until we could not breathe until we are dead People heard us screaming through the rubble until we left this world But there is a desert of noise That never stops screaming That comes from the ghosts under the rubble If the people that did this to us build themselves new homes here Will they still hear us screaming under the rubble? Will they make new homes from that rubble? And will there be parts of my family in an oppressors house? The world should never stop screaming The powers that be they have let us know that we are all Palestinians And that is what they will do to us if we stand up for ourselves against corporate and oligarchical fascist domination May peace, love, and poetry, save the world

[@carenkurdjinian5413]

Very Sad In Some Very Sense ……..Why…?…….🌞

[@gurbevanbelle]

❤

[@masonparsaye2708]

Great interview I learned so much from this interview.

[@conchitaharper4723]

In a movement called "re-evaluation co- counseling," and international movement, I found understanding and identification in the "MixED-HERitage" caucaus. We all free ourselves of classism, sexism, adultism.

[@scathatch]

It is a moot point that 'civilization' started with Mesopotamia. It all depends on your definition of civilisation.

[@christiansmith-of7dt]

Ive heard about all the bad things people say about me when im not there

[@ardien.535]

the identity struggle is very hard

[@aliajellu]

Wow

[@nsbd90now]

Chris Hedges seems to have given up. I don't say that in a condemning way... just practical in keeping with his observations of trends and dynamics over the past decades.

[@ActiveTravelWestUSA]

He knows the reality of it all and just wants to enjoy life! He deserves it

[@nsbd90now]

@@ActiveTravelWestUSA I can accept that. Dude has seen so much and so far. A modern day prophet.

[@tmmartinesq.6216]

Given up on what?

[@nsbd90now]

@@tmmartinesq.6216 That things might end up ok. That his warnings and observations would be heeded. That the USA might do the correct thing and right the ship of democracy. He's been clear though that change would only come when the oligarchs are afraid of the rest of us.

[@robertrogers7331]

The male Bosses in Hamas knew the savage IDF response would be a Palestinian Holocaust of trapped people. Someone say this !!!

[@RalfBernhard-g1c]

The people of the Greater Middle East, including the Levant (most of whom are Semites, and the followers of Abrahamic religions) have been divided and ruled over by outsiders for centuries. *Because it is easier to divide people based on personal differences, than it is to unite them, based on what they have in common.* Strategically ambiguous outsiders make use of this, for own advantages. In the era of empires, first Rome/Constantinople, then during WW1 the seat of POWER playing these games changed to London/Paris (Sykes-Picot/Balfour Declaration/WW1), then after the 1950's as European colonialism's power decreased, starting around the time a bark by Washington DC in 1956 (Suez Crisis/War) showed who the new boss was, the role of divider was simply taken over by Washington DC (the entire ME was the playground during the Cold War). Now the intention is simply to avoid unity in the ME, in order to _rule over the dissent_ which is classical divide-and-rule. Today, their leaders are ALL tools. Draw lines on the map without asking any of those affected. Exploit and foster endless wars, meddle for constant dissent. *Divide-and-rule connects the dots on the timeline of history.* Who has had (in all historical cases in the ME/Levant) the GEOGRAPHICAL ADVANTAGE of distance from the events resulting out of the own meddling and political activities, being able to reach all the other regions, but could not be reached itself as hegemony, at any given point of a historical timeline? Pax Romana, Rome. Pax Britannica, London. Pax Americana, Washington DC. All they ever wanted was *pax,* because they said so, but who picks up the *pieces of great wealth and the systemic gains* when all the others can be avoided from uniting? Different Empires. Different era. Same games... ------------------------------------- The people of the Africa have been divided and ruled over by outsiders for centuries. Tribalism makes it easy to divide people, then keep them poor under the "kind foot" of exploitation. In the era of empires, first Rome/Constantinople in North Africa, then during the era of Western imperialism the seat of POWER playing these games changed to the USA/Europe, then after the 1950's as European colonialism's power decreased, Africa was the playground during the Cold War. Once the dividers had reached peak power for themselves, by simply drawing lines on the map without asking any of those affected (Congo Conference/1884) the own systems of gain could siphon off wealth like a giant vacuum cleaner. The intention was simply to avoid unity in Africa, in order to _rule over the dissent_ which is classical divide-and-rule. During the Cold War, Moscow took on the role of arming the resistance to the colonial dividers. Today, all African dissenters, including some of Africa's own greedy corrupt leaders, are ALL tools. Endless wars, constant dissent. _Give the weak mind money, and they will dance for the outside dividers..._ *Divide-and-rule.* Oldest trick in the book... Different people and systems. Different places on the map. Same games. -------------------------------------- The people of the Americas (most of whom are Christians), including the USA, have been divided and ruled over by outsiders for centuries. Because it is easier to divide people based on personal differences, than it is to unite them, based on what they have in common. In the beginning stages of era of European Imperialism, first Spain and Portugal entered the Americas, employing the divide-and-rule technique of top-down power on the local systems (Aztecs/Incas), then after 1900 as European colonial powers' influence decreased, the role of divider was simply taken over by Washington DC. As the own power increased incrementally, the entire world became the playground after around 1900. _Today, it is the globalists who employ imperialist tools to play divide-and-rule games on their neighbours._ *Forget nukes. The divide-and-control/rule/conquer strategy is the most powerful force on the planet, because it can be employed equally in times of peace to CONTROL, in times of crises to RULE, and in times of war to CONQUER.* Ever since the two-faced snake slithered down that tree of unity (fable), speaking out of both sides of the mouth (lies, deceit), the wisest human beings have fruitlessly warned, and the easily divisable have continuously been warned against divisions within a peaceful status quo. When you bow to the division caused by deception, you will lose the good life..."and much that once was, is lost; for none now live who remember it." Such divisions create GAIN for OUTSIDERS (Eden as a system divided by lies and deceit). Now the intention is simply to avoid unity in the Americas, in order to rule over the dissent which is classical divide-and-rule. Endless wars on anything and everything from "drugs" to "terror" (sic.), constant dissent with everything's a war war war... Insert levers of lies, mistrust. The *two-party-duopoly* is two cheeks of the same butt which set out to create favourites: Favouritism, by granting access to the own POWER/WEALTH, to those who volunteer to act as proxies and extensions for the own power projection. The small picture lives of domestic political chaos, of the big picture reality of international insanity. Point the systemic (MSM) finger, everywhere else, by use of the own paid stooges of power by presenting their deep state-orchestrated three-letter-agency astroturfed violence on multiple tiers as being the reactions of "the poor oppressed people, who need our help for freedom and democracy" (sic.). Liars, deceivers, creators of the BLACK LEGEND for the "other side". *In February 1948, George F. Kennan's Policy Planning Staff said: "[W]e have about 50% of the world's wealth but only 6.3% of its population. ... Our real task in the coming period is to devise a pattern of relationships which will permit us to maintain this position of disparity."* Kennan: A prototype GLOBALIST. And that is what they did to increase their own wealth. Set up people against each other, then siphon off the wealth of entire regions of the planet. *And that is what you are fighting for. That is what the hegemon has always done, pretending to be the "good pax", but playing "good cop/bad cop" with the world, from a position of power.* In the past, the "good cops" were the INTERNATIONALISTS, and the "bad cops" were the IMPERIALISTS. In the present that has morphed into the "good cops" being the GLOBALISTS/NEOLIBS, and the "bad cops" being the NEOCONS. Name-branding and doublespeak for the slumberland plebs, enchanted by their "bread-and-circuses"-existences. America's friends and self-proclaimed default rivals in Eurasia are still being burnt to ensure this disparity continues, with a (quote) "pattern of relationships" which are beneficial to the own rule. Set up European and Eurasian nations (including the Middle East/North Africa) against each other. It is how divide-and-rule is implemented. The imperialist playbook of Great Britain and the USA for more than 100 years. Read Halford Mackinder (Pivot of History, 1904) and Zbigniew Brzezinski (Grand Chessboard, 1997) regarding Eurasia for the template. Read Smedley-Butler/War is a Racket for the modus operandi. Some say Europe is a divine goddess. I say, it is a humble apple tree, from an allegory as old as modern civilizations... *Divide and Rule.* Oldest trick in the book... Four corners of the globe. Different cultures and religions. Same games. THE LINK OF THE WORLD. --------------------------------------- The entire system they favor in the USA/collective West is based on a pre-set *managed and moderated division,* for the benefit of a very few at the top of the pyramids accompanied by the often-repeated nice-sounding storyline. Create the script of the own heroes. Their entire scripted money-funded history sounds like a Hollywood superhero movie that sounds too good to be true. Guess what? It is. It is what they are NOT telling you, that they try to hide. Who wields the POWER? Who has had the GEOGRAPHICAL ADVANTAGE of being able to reach all the other little buck catchers (tools, and other Roman-era style instruments of POWER), but could not be reached itself, because of a geographical-, technological-, organizational-, military-, strategic-, political advantage at any given point of a historical timeline? Create the default rival/enemy on their own marching routes. It is usually the power most likely to succeed which is determined as the default rival/enemy. Notice how, as soon as a rival starts mass-producing products high up in the value chain of capitalism, and starts vying for markets, and becomes successful, it immediately becomes the systemic rival, and is then geopolitically encircled by the greater empire. It happened around 1900, as Germany started building high-value products, and it happened around 2000, as China started moving away from building cheap toys and labor intensive kitchen appliances... The games start on the home turf. The first victims are their own people in the USA/collective West, locked in the eternal struggle for wealth and personal gain which they have been deceived into thinking is "good greed", but which WILL be exploited by the snakes who deceive them in the divide and rule technique of power. Because ..."most of the great problems we face are caused by politicians creating solutions to problems they created in the first place." - Walter E. Williams *War is a great **_divider._** It goes straight through the heads of millions and billions of people from the very top tiers, right down to the individual level. War divides alignments and alliances, goes straight through organizations, divides political parties, tears through families, and finally at the very bottom tier, goes straight through individual hearts and minds as individuals struggle with themselves.*

[@donnagiamo1158]

❤👍

[@menudobucket9837]

I certainly could be wrong (and often am) but it seems that if the elimination of class distinctions based on wealth disparity could be achieved through a more equal distribution of wealth and resources, then there’d be little, if any reason to treat anyone as something less than. Personally, I don’t see any reason for doing so in the first place, but that’s just me.

[@carenkurdjinian5413]

As If 😂Taking Your Soul …….Beautiful Souls……..🌞

[@WilliamGreen]

I think some marginalized Americans will soon understand being displaced.

[@carenkurdjinian5413]

This Is A Very Present and Very 😂Delicate in All Countries and Cultures Happs …. Some Living Psychological Energies …. It’s 😂Not Bad and It’s Not Good Either …. That Is How The Mind Opens To New but Lovely Things to Under Stand -The Conscious Aware Mind of Beautiful Change ……🌞

[@joebondo2422]

Take away Jimmy Carter from that still picture at 1:27 and you’d have a picture of PURE EVIL! 🙏🇵🇸🇱🇧😔

[@nsbd90now]

Chris Hedges feels lost.

[@8BitNaptime]

This is the happiest I've seen him in years.

[@nsbd90now]

@@8BitNaptime He is certainly vindicated.

[@8BitNaptime]

@@nsbd90now I was kidding, Chris's moods vary from dour to despondent.

[@nsbd90now]

@@8BitNaptime Ugh... that poor guy. I can't even imagine knowing what he knows, has experienced, and directly observed along with being a good soul of good will and good faith... he must be really despondent these days.

[@turkrane12]

"Beyond the pale" that's how i feel

[@guitareza334]

Chris, i didnt expect you to make such a blatant mistake as mentioning Iran as being carved up from the bits and pieces of middle east. Iran has always been an entity that although destitude in the 19th century, was never colonised. Always a whole country.

[@jordanelgrably4625]

I take responsibility for that, for when I wrote that the Middle East was carved up I was referring specifically to the Sykes-Picot agreement, which didn't in fact include slicing up Iran, and of course, Egypt was already a country and an ancient civilization, as were Iran and Iraq. But the interventions of France and the UK, as well as other European powers and the USA, had such an imprint on all the countries of the center of the world (including Afghanistan, obviously) that one feels the sting of colonization and occupation, even if Iran wasn't technically the victim of a western occupation.

[@christiancommunistpartyoft8691]

READ THESE 2 REVOLUTIONARY PHRASES DEDICATED TO OUR COMRADE, BROTHER AND FATHER CHRIS HEDGES WHO SHOULD BE US PRESIDENT AND NOT DONALD TRUMP "And the primary leveling is to break down the mountains, and level the hills in man. But this is not all. -Abiezer Coppe, a fiery flying scroll "Let history be your hymn of penance, cultivate your fathers and careers on earth, not for skin but for remembrance, and prepare for the feast of ruin." -Edward Dahlberg, The Backdoor of Cipango .

[@ChukMitchell]

Jordan has the saddest looking eyes .

[@jdotsalter910]

The weight of the world on his shoulders.

[@tmmartinesq.6216]

Reminds me a bit of Gaddafi.

[@anitoroyan272]

How come Armenians are not talked about?

[@katyharries2526]

Chris Hedges has pinned an article he posted about the Armenian genocide on his X accoint.

[@chrissharrard4200]

wtf went wrong with humanity???

[@RalfBernhard-g1c]

Divide-and-rule.

[@matthewingerson]

Addiction. Addiction to money & materialism; to possessions & property; to individualism & selfishness; to consumerism & clout...

[@stuartsoll3254]

There's a lot of broken people in this world. It is all caused by the greedy rich.

[@LisaDunleavy-qf4wk]

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